downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous
(adjective) covered with fine soft hairs or down; “downy milkweed seeds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sericeous (comparative more sericeous, superlative most sericeous)
Of or relating to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
(botany) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface.
(zoology) Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs.
Source: Wiktionary
Se*ri"ceous, a. Etym: [L. sericus silken, sericum Seric stuff, silk, fr. Sericus belonging to the Seres, Gr. Silk, Serge a woolen stuff.]
1. Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 June 2025
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
